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From: paul@tetrauk.UUCP (Paul Ashton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: 1) Mulitscreen switching 2) event driver, 3) Kernel hacking
Message-ID: <716@tetrauk.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 90 15:25:13 GMT
References: <1990Aug21.080230.607@bbt.se> <48@mq.UUCP>
Reply-To: paul@tetrauk.UUCP (Paul Ashton)
Organization: Tetra Ltd., Maidenhead, UK
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In article <48@mq.UUCP> alan@mq.UUCP (Alan H. Mintz) writes:
>In article <1990Aug21.080230.607@bbt.se>, pgd@bbt.se (P.Garbha) writes:
>> 1) How do i switch console multiscreen from a program?
...
>executable file while logged in on the console. It would seem that the
>binary may have contained an escape sequence that caused the switch ?

From SCREEN(HW):-

ESC [ Pn z
Where Pn is equal to the number of the screen to switch to.

So for example "^[[2z" will switch to tty03 (providing enough multiscreens
are configured). This sequence however can be sent to *any* console multiscreen
even inactive ones and will perform the switch. If you log into any multiscreen
you now have the power to affect anyone else later using the console, if you
so desire...
-- 
Paul